Extensible shade and curtain fixture



Y LMILLER. EXTENSIBLE SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, I92! J. MILLER.

EXTENSIBLE SHADE AND CURTAI'N FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED APR-23, 192l- Patented Nov. 14, 1922.

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EM/anion Jaws ifa'ller Patented Nov. 141, i922.

stres JAMES IB/IILLER, OF S'IONIITG-TOIJ, ILLINOIS.

Application filed April 23, 1921. Serial No. 463,852

To all whom it may concern:

Be itlrnown that I, Janus MILLER, a citi-- zen of the United States, residing at Stonington, in the county of Christian and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Extensible Shade and Curtain Fixtures, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

it is the purpose of the present invention to provide a combined extensible shade and curtain fixture, the construction and arrangement of the parts of which are such as to permit the fixture to not only support the shade or blind and the curtain, but also to fit window frames of different widths. Another purpose consists in the provision of a fixture of this character, wherein the supports for the shade roller are adjustable relatively to the fixture, so as to accommodate shade rollers of different lengths.

Still another purpose involves a fixture of the character and for the purpose indicated, wherein the main parts of the fixture, namely those for supporting the shade or blind roller and the curtain are adjustable relatively to the supports for such parts, so that not only shade or blind rollers of dilferent lengths may be supported, but also those parts which support the curtain may be adjustable laterally of the sides of the window casement, so as to support the curtains as overlying the casement on both sides of the window, in order to accommodate extraordinary wide curtains to window easements which are extraordinarily narrow.

A further purpose embodies the provision. of supports for the shade or blind roller, so attached to the fixture, as to permit of their removal for new 0nes,yor for longer ones.

A still further purpose is the provision of a shade or blind roller support, of such construction as to accommodate the pintles of either end of the roller.

While the design and construction at pres ent illustrated and set forth is deemed preferable, it is obvious that as a result of a reduction of the invention to a more practical form for commercial purposes, the invention may be'su'sceptible of changes, and the right to these changes is claimed, provided they a e comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises fru'ther features and combination of after set forth, claimed.

In the drawings Figure l is a perspective view showing the fixture as applied to a window casement, with the curtain supporting parts arranged with their end portions substantially close to the sides of the casement.

Figure 2 is a view in elevation with the parts, as will be hereinshown in the drawings and curtain supporting parts adjusted relatively to the supports for the fixture, so that the ends ofthe fixture will overlie the casement in order to accommodate extraordinary wide curtains to a substantially narrow casement.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the entire fixture constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure a discloses detail views of two parts of the base section of the ture.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail perspective view of one of the supports 17 for the entire fixture.

Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 designate a pair of supporting brackets, which comprise sheet metal plates having apertures 3 in their upper ends for the reception of small screws 4, whereby the supports may be fastened to the side longitudinal edges of the casement. These supporting sheet metal plates having laterally extending parts 5, the lower ends of which have tongues (3, which are bent upon themselves to overlie the lateral parts 5. The ends of the tongues 3 and the upper ends of the lateral parts 5 have registering apertures i', for the reception of the small screws 8, which are provided with nuts, for holding the tongues as in clamping overlying positions relatively to the lateral parts 5. In this way guide loops are formed.

The curtain fixture proper comprises what may be termed the base 9, which extends across the window casement and immediately adjacent thereto. This base 9 comprises tie slidably united sections 10 and 11. The remote ends of these sections 10 and 11 have outwardly extending portions 12, extending at right angles to the window casement, and their upper and lower edges are provided with overlying flanges 13, which overlie the parts 12 in close position to their adjacent faces, thereby providing guides 14. The aducent end portions of the sections 10 and 11 of the base 9 overlap each other, therefore are extensible. The section 10 has its end, which overlies the section 11 provided with overlying flanges 15 to en age ver the sec tion 11, while the end oi? the section 11 is provided with similar flanges 16, which overlie the section 10 and constitute guides. By so uniting the two sections 10 and 11, it is obvious that they are extensible relatively to each other, not only to fit window casements of different widths, but also to permit sections 1t) and 11 an d extraordinary wide curtains to be supported on a window casement extraordinarily narrow. These sections 10 and 11 slidably enbetween the tongues (3 and the lateral parts 5, therefore are guided, in order to acccnnmodate the fixture to window cascments of different widths.

In order to support a blind or shade roller angle supports 17 are providec. These supports comprise the parts 18, which extend laterally in parallelism with the sections 10 and 11 and the cars 19, which extend outwardly at right angles to the sections 10 and 11. These cars 19 have bearings 20 for the reception of the cylindrical and rectangular pintles 21 ot the shade roller 22. it is obvious that these hearings may receive the pintles of either end of the shade roller. The lateral parts 18 of the supports 17 are long enough to permit the supports 17 to be adjusted relatively to the supporting plates 1 and 2, so as to accommodate shade rollers of slightly different lengths. Obviously the supports 17 are engaged between the tongues 6 and the sections 10 and 11, hence the supports 17 are adjustable relatively to each other. The lateral parts 18 of the supports 17 have on their upper edges lugs 23, which overlie the upper edges of the sections 10 and 11, in order to prevent movement of the supports possibly due to the weight of the shade roller. It will be noted that the nuts upon the screws 8 may be tightened up, in order to draw the ton ues (3 toward the late 211 parts 5, so as to ictionally clamp the the lateral parts 18 of the supports 17 adjustably in place.

The curtain support proper comprises the sheet metal extensible sections 2 1, which have their adjacent end portions overlapping. The extremities of the overlapping ends oi the sections 2d have overlying ears 25 which overlap the sections 2st. One pair of cars 25 extend inwardly, and the other pair are disposed outwardly. The remote end portions otthe sections 21- ot the curtain support proper merge by means of the curved parts 26 into the extensions 27, which extend in the direction of the window casement, and extensibly or adjustably engage the guides i l, so that the curtain can be adjusted outwardly from the easement it de sired. The curtain support proper may adjust relatively to the base sections of the fixture, and when the sections 10 and 11 of the base of the fixture are adjusted to overlie the side portions of the casement, the curtain support proper may be likewise adjusted, and its right angle extension 27 may engage the guide 14L, thereby permitting curtains of extraordinary widths to be supported on windows extraordinarily narrow. it will be noted that all the parts of the curtain fixture are adjustable or extensible, so as to accommodate themselves to easements of different widths, as well as accommodating shade rollers of different lengths, and curtains also of different widths.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as being useful is: r

1. In a combined shade roller and curtain fixture, the combination with fixture supports to be attached to the upper portions oi the vertical edges of the casement, said supports having laterally extending parts as suming perpendicular positions coi'istitutin guides, of a base mounted in said guides and having its opposite ends terminating in outwardly protruding guiding sockets, a ,curtain support having lateral ends removably received in said guide sockets, shade roller supports comprising lateral pieces parallel with and lying adjacent the faces of the base and having their ends mounted in guides of the first supports, said lateral pieces having outwardly extending-ears for the support of a shade roller and provided with lugs on their upper edges to overlie the i in order te retain the shade roller supports mounted in position on the base.

2. In a device for the purpose indicated, a pair of supports for attachment to the outer edges oi a window casement and provided with perpendicular parts extending laterally and constituting guides, a base ad justable in the guides, curtain supports connected. to the ends of the base, shade roller supports comprising outwardly extending ears having lateral pieces parallel to and lying adjacent the ends of said base and ongaging adjustably through the guides, the upper edges of the inner portions of the lateral pieces of the shade roller supports having lugs overlying the upper edges of the base, thereby supporting the shade roller adjustably to accommodate window casements or frames oil different widths.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atlix my signature.

JAMES MILLER. 

